tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post2417612898570503101..comments2023-12-19T13:11:31.497-06:00Comments on TBR 313: More Victorian melodrama than I could standLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-49962512235018224762015-01-17T16:49:03.420-06:002015-01-17T16:49:03.420-06:00The twists & turns were certainly crazy - part...The twists & turns were certainly crazy - particularly Miss Vine and her blue spectacles (clearly the flash point for me). I wasn't bored I think as much as exasperated!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-58025194514479509022015-01-17T03:35:00.397-06:002015-01-17T03:35:00.397-06:00Wasn't it so *long*? But I did enjoy its crazy...Wasn't it so *long*? But I did enjoy its crazy twists and turns - so glad I didn't live back then as a woman. Actually, as anyone. skiourophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200877834536477400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-82227498123900936782015-01-16T21:10:23.405-06:002015-01-16T21:10:23.405-06:00Alex, I bah'd too, and said a few worse words....Alex, I bah'd too, and said a few worse words. I wonder if we lost entire authors' works in the pulping, or lesser-known works of established authors. I can almost guarantee more women's books went into those piles.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-27104256466381789032015-01-16T21:04:17.643-06:002015-01-16T21:04:17.643-06:00It's pretty packed with melodrama! I admit, I ...It's pretty packed with melodrama! I admit, I had fun writing this. It wasn't quite hate writing or hate reading but it came close at times.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-3245785599786080812015-01-16T17:41:04.173-06:002015-01-16T17:41:04.173-06:00I'm now suspecting that this might be the book...I'm now suspecting that this might be the book I tried to read a long while ago and Bah'd at. Loudly. :)<br /><br />I'm intrigued by the point about the pulped Victorian novels of WWII... I wonder what other gems might have been more popular or been rediscovered if they'd been around in the 1960s or 1980s and placed in the right, more-willing-to-reconsider-the-Victorians hands?Alex in Leedshttp://www.alexinleeds.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-2747562316090394832015-01-16T11:14:31.002-06:002015-01-16T11:14:31.002-06:00I love Victorian melodrama, but 600 pages of it is...I love Victorian melodrama, but 600 pages of it is a bit much. Not sure this is on the must-read list, but it was great to read your review!Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251983804060081813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-4557832574478432692015-01-14T21:11:07.629-06:002015-01-14T21:11:07.629-06:00You're right, Jenny, that would have been so m...You're right, Jenny, that would have been so much fun, having someone to share all the "what the hell?" moments. It is definitely not a dull book!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-21922565531054217882015-01-14T13:25:15.761-06:002015-01-14T13:25:15.761-06:00It sounds like it would be a better book for a rea...It sounds like it would be a better book for a readalong, where you could read it in sections and snark about it to other bloggers, than just to read for the sake of reading it. I didn't realize it was so melodramatic in flavor -- the title makes it sound rather boring, and that's what I always expected it to be.Jenny @ Reading the Endhttp://readingtheend.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-74732124871214646892015-01-13T21:42:58.180-06:002015-01-13T21:42:58.180-06:00Lark, you might enjoy it like Helen & Jane did...Lark, you might enjoy it like Helen & Jane did, and I'm just immune to its charms, for some reason :) The good parts for me were the murder investigation, and I did enjoy that storyline.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-30211785461154062102015-01-13T21:41:28.853-06:002015-01-13T21:41:28.853-06:00Jane, you & Helen both enjoyed this, which usu...Jane, you & Helen both enjoyed this, which usually means that I would too :) but not this time - though there were things I did enjoy.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-29790996705810208772015-01-13T18:29:33.349-06:002015-01-13T18:29:33.349-06:00I'm so glad to read your review on this book. ...I'm so glad to read your review on this book. Good Reads keeps recommending it to me, and I'm not sure it's one I want to read. Maybe if there was a condensed version of just the good parts. Thanks for being so honest about this one. I hope your next book is better. :)Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-35915780464789952732015-01-13T12:47:44.952-06:002015-01-13T12:47:44.952-06:00I loved this years ago but it hasn't stuck wit...I loved this years ago but it hasn't stuck with me in the way that most other Victorian novels have. Maybe there's a reason for that ....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11526634337636616614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-53029939036836299592015-01-13T05:49:34.987-06:002015-01-13T05:49:34.987-06:00I think the author lost me with Miss Vine and her ...I think the author lost me with Miss Vine and her blue spectacles, Helen. But Richard's story carried me through.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-46857761317967706532015-01-13T05:46:59.594-06:002015-01-13T05:46:59.594-06:00Your mileage may vary, as they say, Cat. It was a ...Your mileage may vary, as they say, Cat. It was a runaway best-seller & frequently reprinted. Helen enjoyed it, and you may too!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782561487396697870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-50624884386565011272015-01-13T03:50:34.898-06:002015-01-13T03:50:34.898-06:00I read this years ago and I remember liking it, th...I read this years ago and I remember liking it, though not as much as Collins or Braddon. I was really into Victorian melodrama and sensation fiction at the time, though, so I'm not sure I would enjoy it as much if I read it again now. I'm impressed that you still managed to finish it, as it's such a long book!Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06618973352348296555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203893324932668537.post-60381353668292595162015-01-13T02:32:31.047-06:002015-01-13T02:32:31.047-06:00Oh dear, I have this on my Classics Club list - I ...Oh dear, I have this on my Classics Club list - I think I will quietly remove it. :-(Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09391899740930810224noreply@blogger.com